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Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Newcastle is a member of the UK Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.
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The city developed around the Roman settlement Pons Aelius and was named after the castle built in 1080 by Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son. The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. The port developed in the 16th century and, along with the shipyards lower down the River Tyne, was amongst the world's largest shipbuilding and ship-repairing centres.
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We shall be at Newcastle all the winter, and I dare say there will be some balls, and I will take care to get good partners for them all.

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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At Newcastle the King had ordered all prisoners to be freed, and even paid up for those imprisoned for debt.

Antonia Fraser. Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, p.xxxii (1996)
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